dextrose

[dek-strohs] /ˈdɛk stroʊs/
noun, Biochemistry
1.
dextroglucose, commercially obtainable from starch by acid hydrolysis.
Also called corn sugar, grape sugar.
Origin
1865-70; dextr- + -ose2
Can be confused
dexterous, dextrose (see synonym study at dexterous)
Examples from the web for dextrose
  • What can be revealed by my hosts is revealed: corn kernels are delivered and milled, dextrose is extracted from starch.
  • Good sugars such as lactose and dextrose are not bad at all.
British Dictionary definitions for dextrose

dextrose

/ˈdɛkstrəʊz; -trəʊs/
noun
1.
a white soluble sweet-tasting crystalline solid that is the dextrorotatory isomer of glucose, occurring widely in fruit, honey, and in the blood and tissue of animals. Formula: C6H12O6 Also called grape sugar, dextroglucose
Word Origin and History for dextrose
n.

1867, shortened from dextro-glucose, from dextro- "right" + -ose (2), chemical suffix indicating a sugar. So called because this form of glucose polarizes light to the right in spectroscopy.

dextrose in Medicine

dextrose dex·trose (děk'strōs')
n.
The dextrorotatory form of glucose found naturally in animal and plant tissue and derived synthetically from starch.

dextrose in Science
dextrose
  (děk'strōs')   
A sugar that is the most common form of glucose. It is found in plant and animal tissues and also derived from starch. Dextrose is the dextrorotatory form of glucose.